Month: September 2024

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Rock Daypop

U2 to debut immersive concert film ‘V-U2’ at Sphere Las Vegas

The MSG Sphere showing U2:UV advert for U2 concert. Las Vegas^ Nevada^ USA - November 7^ 2023

Not long after completing its “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere” opening residency, U2 has announced “V-U2 An Immersive Concert Film at Sphere Las Vegas,” directed by the Edge and Morgleigh Steinberg.  The Edge also produced the film alongside Bono, Adam Clayton and Alan Moloney.

The shows, originally directed by Willie Williams, will be brought to Sphere starting on Sept. 5. Said the Edge: “The goal was to give the immersive movie goers as close to the live U2:UV concert experience as possible — and then some. I’ve never seen a U2 show. I’m so relieved I caught a great one.”  Steinberg added: “We knew all the tremendous capabilities of the technology, but we didn’t know what to expect from the process of making this film. The work became a true collaboration between band, artists, producers, and technology teams. The end result is a cinematic experience that transports viewers into the energy and beauty of the live show.”

Josephine Vaccarello, EVP of Live at MSG Entertainment, shared in a statement: “V-U2 is a first-of-its-kind immersive film that will transport audiences back to U2’s groundbreaking live Sphere shows and make them feel like they are there. This concert film was created specifically for Sphere, and will utilize the venue’s technologies to create an experience that is only possible at this next-generation entertainment medium.”

U2 kicked off its “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere” residency last September, playing for more than 700,000 fans for 40 dates through this past March.

Tickets for “V-U2 An Immersive Concert Film at Sphere Las Vegas” are available through Ticketmaster.  For more information, visit www.thesphere.com.

See the trailer for the concert film – HERE.

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Rock Daypop

Alice In Chains announce 15th-Anniversary vinyl reissue of ‘Black Gives Way To Blue’

Alice In Chains at the Pine Knob Music Theater. Clarkston^ Michigan -USA- 08-16-2022

Alice In Chains will drop a special vinyl reissue of their 2009 album, Black Gives Way to Blue, in celebration of the 15th anniversary its release.

The release will be available on Sept. 27 in three different color variants: “Black Widow” red smoke (available exclusively through the Alice In Chains store), “Black Smoke” (via the Craft Recordings store), and “Electric Smoke” (available via Revolver). There’s also a standard black vinyl pressing available via Amazon.

Black Gives Way to Blue was the band’s fourth studio album, and marked Alice in Chains’ first new album in 14 years – their first with vocalist William DuVall, who joined the band following the 2002 death of frontman Layne Staley. DuVall shared vocal and guitar duties with founding member Jerry Cantrell, alongside bassist Mike Inez and drummer/founding member Sean Kinney.

Black Gives Way to Blue was an instant smash hit, debuting at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and achieving gold certification from the RIAA by May 2010. It includes singles “Your Decision,” “Lesson Learned,” “Check My Brain,” and “A Looking in View,” and the title track “Black Gives Way to Blue,” which features a guest performance from Elton John on piano.  Both “A Looking in View” and “Check My Brain” were Grammy Award-nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2010 and 2011, respectively.

Pre-order the vinyl reissue of Black Gives Way To Blue – HERE.

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Pop Daypop

The Weeknd to livestream ‘one-night-only’ concert in São Paulo, Brazil on Sept. 7th

The Weeknd arrives for the ‘Avatar The Way of Water’ Hollywood Premiere on December 12^ 2022 in Hollywood^ CA

The Weeknd will be livestreaming his sold-out concert at Estádio MorumBIS in São Paulo, Brazil via his YouTube channel. Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd) wrote on X: “Feast your eyes. São Paulo will be live streamed Sept. 7. Only on YouTube.”

Tesfaye also shared a teaser for the event, directed by Yza Voku, which offered a preview of a new song and features a series of AI-generated images by Google: Veo, Midjourney, Runway: Gen-3 and Luma: Dream Machine.  You can check out the teaser: HERE.

Variety reports that The Weeknd will perform fan favorites, as well as previews of his new work.  The artist also plans to donate a dollar per ticket toward the U.N. World Food Programme’s XO Humanitarian Fund (Tesfaye is a goodwill ambassador for the program), and he also plans to donate 10 percent of his merchandise earnings to the Brazilian Soul Fund.

The Weeknd shared in a statement: “I’m so excited to announce that we’ll be live streaming my show from São Paulo, Brazil, so everyone around the world can be a part of this special night. I wish I could come to every city and town on earth, but moments like this give us the chance to connect in real time at least and share that energy together, no matter where you are.”

The show will begin streaming at 8 p.m. EDT on September 7th.   To watch, head to The Weeknd’s YouTube channel.

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Pop Daypop

See Sabrina Carpenter’s new video for ‘Taste’ starring Jenna Ortega

Sabrina Carpenter performs on stage during 2024 New Year's celebration on Times Square in New York on December 31^ 2023.

Sabrina Carpenter has shared the official music video for “Taste,” directed by Dave Meyers and featuring Jenna Ortega.  Taste is off Sabrina’s sixth studio album Short n’ Sweet, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 100 charts.

The video for Taste includes a series of campy horror references, with Carpenter and Ortega donning black dresses similar to Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep in 1992’s Death Becomes Her.  Ortega also sports a similar nurse costume to Daryl Hannah’s in Kill Bill, and there’s also an ominous shower scene similar to the 1960 classic horror film, Psycho.

Short n’ Sweet also includes two of Carpenter’s previously released singles, “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” –“Espresso” was the third fastest song to hit one billion streams in Spotify history, while “Please Please Please” became Carpenter’s first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Carpenter will make her MTV Video Music Awards mainstage performance debut later this month, and is gearing up to embark on the Short n’ Sweet Tour, which kicks off September 23rd in Columbus. The 33-date tour will hit cities across the US and Canada including New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, Austin, and more.

Check out the video for ‘Taste’ – HERE.

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News Daypop

2 dead, 4 injured after man drives his car through restaurant patio in Minnesota

Minneapolis Police car in downtown Minneapolis^ Minnesota^ MN USA^ May 5^ 2023.

Two people were killed and four others injured after a man drove his car through a restaurant patio in a Minneapolis suburb over the weekend (per The Associated Press.)

The man drove his car through a restaurant patio where a group of medical workers were celebrating in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday, with surveillance footage captured the unidenfitied man driving into the outdoor patio of the Park Tavern in St. Louis Park, located west of Minneapolis. The footage shows the man entering the restaurant parking lot on Sunday evening but not going inside. He attempted to park, then drove into the outdoor patio.

The driver was arrested for criminal vehicular homicide. Police did not offer additional details on a potential motive, nor did they identify the victims. In a written statement on Monday, Annelise Heitkamp, a spokesperson for Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, said one of the people who died and the four who were injured worked at the facility. Said Heitkamp: “Following the tragic incident at Park Tavern, we’re grieving the loss of a loved and respected colleague and friend to many here at Methodist Hospital and HealthPartners. Our thoughts are with our colleague’s family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.”

A spokesperson for HealthPartners, a healthcare nonprofit that operates Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, told KARE-TV that nurses and staffers from the facility were among the victims.  Dr. Thomas Stark from Methodist Hospital told KSTP-TV that the group of colleagues went to Park Tavern on Sunday night to celebrate with one of the nurses, who was leaving her role for a new position. Park Tavern owner Phil Weber also told the news station that the second person who died is Kristina Folkerts, 30, a server at the restaurant.

The Minnesota State Patrol said that a law enforcement investigation into the episode is ongoing.

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News Daypop

4 killed in shooting at Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train station

CTA Chicago Transit Authority elevated train tracks with green line train going through the tunnel above the Illinois Institute of Technology McCormick Tribune Campus Cente. Chicago^ IL April 20^ 2020

Officials confirmed that four people were killed in a shooting early Monday on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park, Illinois.

The Forest Park Police Department said in a Facebook post that they received a 911 call around 5:27 a.m. about three people shot on a westbound train at the CTA Blue Line station at 711 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, just west of Chicago, around 5:30 a.m. local time. Authorities cleared the station, finding four victims — three were pronounced dead on scene, and the fourth was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where they died.

Forest Park police, along with CTA security, used video surveillance to help identify the offender; with Chicago Police later locating the suspect who matched the description on a CTA Pink Line train. The subject was taken into custody and a firearm was found. According to Forest Park officials, only one suspect is believed to have been involved in the shooting, which was targeted.

The CTA said in a Monday afternoon news briefing that the incident was a “heinous and egregious act of violence” that “should never have occurred, none the less on a public transit train. As soon as it was reported, CTA immediately deployed resources to assist the Forest Park Police in their investigation into the matter, including review of all possible security camera footage, which proved to be vital in aiding local enforcement.”

The CTA said it will continue to work with local law enforcement regarding the ongoing investigation.

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Sports Daypop

San Francisco 49ers place WR Ricky Pearsall on NFI list after he was shot in chest

San Francisco 49ers National Football League ( NFL) team's vector logo and symbol isolated on white background.

The San Francisco 49ers have placed receiver Ricky Pearsall on the reserve/non-football injury list on Monday, two days after he suffered a gunshot wound to the chest during an attempted robbery at Union Square in San Francisco on Saturday. Pearsall was hospitalized before being released Sunday.

Pearsall, who was selected Pearsall with the No. 31 pick in April’s NFL draft, will now spend at least a month of his rookie season on the reserve/NFI list while recovering from the gunshot injury.

Per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport: ‘The #49ers placed WR Ricky Pearsall on the Reserve/Non-Football Injury List after he was shot in an attempted robbery over the weekend. He’ll miss the first four games as he recovers.’  San Francisco signed offensive tackle Brandon Parker to a one-year deal to fill the open spot on the 53-man roster.

According to the San Francisco Police Department, Pearsall was walking alone shortly after 3:30 p.m. local time Saturday when the suspect, a 17-year-old male from Tracy, California, attempted to rob him with a gun at the corner of Geary and Grant streets, resulting in a struggle between the two with both being shot. The San Francisco Fire Department said a 911 call came in at 3:38 p.m. PT with police and emergency personnel arriving soon after.

Pearsall was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, police announced that he was in “stable” condition. He was upgraded to “fair” condition on Sunday morning and released from the hospital less than 24 hours after the shooting. Pearsall’s mother posted on social media Sunday morning that her son had been shot in the chest with the bullet exiting out his back and missing vital organs. San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said the suspect was arrested right after the shooting Saturday and noted that the initial investigation indicated the suspect was acting alone, adding that there was “no indication” that the suspect had targeted Pearsall because he is a professional football player.

The 49ers open their season at home against the New York Jets on Sept. 9.

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Sports Daypop

Chiefs RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire placed on NFL Reserve List, will miss four games

Kansas City Chiefs branded football laying on the grass^ with the arrowhead KC logo showing.

Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire has been placed on the Reserve/Non-Football Illness list, and will miss at least four games to start the 2024 regular season (per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport). Edwards-Helaire missed several training camp practices and wasn’t on the practice field with the Chiefs on Sunday as they began preparations for Thursday night’s season opener against the Baltimore Ravens.

The veteran running back recently revealed his battles with PTSD, and did not detail the specific circumstances that led to his PTSD, but did say gun violence cost some of his friends their lives and that he dealt with a “self-defense situation” back in 2018 when he was in college at LSU.  He said: “Everybody goes through things .. Good, bad, just being able to cope with it, just being human. At 25 years old I’m just trying to live the rest of my life healthy.”   

Edwards-Helaire, a first-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft, rushed for over 800 yards as a rookie. He appeared in 15 games for the Chiefs last season, registering 223 rushing yards and a touchdown while adding 17 catches for 188 yards and a score.  The Chiefs have two running backs in addition to Pacheco on their active roster: veteran Samaje Perine, a recent addition after he was released by the Denver Bronco; and Carson Steele,  a rookie who made the team after a strong training camp and preseason.

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Country Daypop

Stream Sugarland’s new EP ‘There Goes The Neighborhood’

Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland attend the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas^ Nevada on April 3^ 2011.

Sugarland – featuring Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush – announced their new 4-song, surprise EP shortly before dropping ‘There Goes The Neighborhood’, marking the duo’s first new solo music since their 2018 album, Bigger.

Nettles shared following the release of the project: “In a world that is increasingly becoming more digitally fabricated and fractured, it’s nice to play with the timeless wisdom of how ‘newer doesn’t always mean better’ throughout the new EP, and it’s always exciting to celebrate some new Sugarland music!”  ‘There Goes The Neighborhood’ features lyrics penned by some of Nashville’s best artists including Thomas Rhett, Maren Morris, Rhett Akins, Ryan Hurd, Emily Weisband and more.

Sugarland is also set to hit the road with Little Big Town on the 2024 Take Me Home Tour (named for Little Big Town and Sugarland’s cover/duet), kicking off on October 24th in Greenville, South Carolina.  Said Kristian Bush “I’m so excited to be out on the road again with Jennifer and with our dear friends Little Big Town. If that isn’t enough to get you screaming, we’re also putting out new music. For this EP, we decided to reach out to some of the best songwriters in Nashville and ask them to send us their best songs. Typically, we write or co-write most of our songs, but with a town full of the world’s best creators, why not experiment and see what we could find. Can’t wait to play these new ones loud and hear everyone sing along.”

To stream ‘There Goes The Neighborhood’ head HERE.

 

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Country Daypop

Randy Houser, Riley Green team up for “Rub A Little Dirt On It”

Randy Houser performs at Vanderbilt Stadium on July 11^ 2015 in Nashville^ Tennessee.

Randy Houser has teamed with Riley Green for “Rub A Little Dirt On It,” from his album Note To Self and written by Houser with Jeff Hyde and Ryann Tyndell.

Shares Houser: “I thought Riley’s voice would be perfect for ‘Rub A Little Dirt On It’. He has a down-to-earth quality that really matches the spirit of this song.”

Houser and Moore will embark on their co-headlining Country Round Here Tonight Tour on Sept. 5 in Charlotte, NC, with 12 shows across the South, Northeast and Midwest through October, including stops in Asbury Park, N.J., Philadelphia, Pa., Houston, Texas and Indianapolis, Ind.  Houser is also set to join HARDY for two dates at Red Rocks Amphitheatre for the QUIT!! Tour Oct. 20 and Oct. 21.

Take a listen to Rub A Little Dirt On It: HERE.

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